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 The front cover of a contemporary Philippine biometric passport using Trajan font. Hatching has also been added to the national coat-of-arms to indicate correct heraldic tinctures. | |
_data_page.jpg) The data page of biometric passports issued after August 15, 2016. Note the signature field on page 3, in contrast to previous biometric passports. | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines) |
| First issued | 1946 (first edition) September 17, 2007 (machine-readable passport) August 11, 2009 (first edition biometric passport) August 15, 2016 (current edition biometric passport) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Filipino citizenship |
| Expiration | 5 years (minors below age 18); 10 years (at least age 18) |
| Cost | ₱950 (12 working days processing time), ₱1,200 (6 working days processing time), or $60 (Foreign service posts) |
A Philippine passport (Filipino: Pasaporte ng Pilipinas) is both a travel document and a primary national identity document issued to citizens of the Philippines. It is issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine diplomatic missions abroad, with certain exceptions.
The DFA began issuing maroon machine-readable passports on September 17, 2007, and biometric passports on August 11, 2009. Green colored cover non-electronic passports remained valid until they expired. Philippine passports are printed at the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Production Unit plant in Malvar, Batangas.[1]
- ^ Bacani, Louis (July 20, 2015). "New Batangas printing plant to speed up e-passport issuance". PhilStar.com. The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.